Super Slugger

A powerful tale of body positivity in sports by legendary short-stop and a veteran sportswriter Cal Ripkin.

Cody Parker is the new kid in school. He's overweight, scared and hates his new life in Dullsville, Maryland, aka Baltimore, where he's a target okay, a big target for brutal teasing. But he loves baseball. And despite his size, he plays third base like a dream. Too bad he's competing for the starting job on the Orioles of the Dulaney Babe Ruth League against budding hoodlum Dante Rizzo, who vows to squeeze Cody's head like a grape if he beats him out. Life gets even more complicated when Cody's school, York Middle, is beset by a rash of mysterious thefts, a crime wave that threatens to sideline Cody and ruin a golden season for the Orioles. Will Cody ever succeed in getting people to see him for who he really is?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/19/2013
ISBN: 9781423140047
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150346 / Super-Sized Slugger/Super Slugger
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6